The Hungarian National Innovation Office

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1 The Hungarian National Innovation Office and itsroleinthe facilitation of international collaboration between innovation stakeholders Sándor Erdő, Vice President

2 Hungarian Innovation System HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT National Council for Research, Innovation and Science Policy MINISTRY OF NATIONAL ECONOMY MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL INNOVATION OFFICE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 2.

3 NATIONAL INNOVATION OFFICE Established January 1, 2011 Departments: Presidential Cabinet Legal and Financial Departments Department of European Union Relations Department of International Affairs Strategic Planning and Innovation Management Department 3.

4 International Activities EU Presidency Hungary s duties as an EU Member State Bilateral relations Multilateral relations (NATO, OECD, EUREKA, COST) International Infrastructures (CERN, X-FEL, etc.) S&T Attaché Network 4.

5 1. Presidency EU Activities -1- R&D priorities of Hungarian Presidency 3 main pillars: European Research Area and Competitiveness (Focus on: Interim evaulation of FP7; preparation for the Common Strategic Framework; simplification) European Research Area and Social Dimension (Focus on further evolution of Joint Programming Initiatives, launching of European Innovation Partnership AHA Pilot) European Research Area and Cohesion (Focus on research infrastructures) 5.

6 EU Activities -2- R&D CONFERENCES/EVENTS during Hungarian Presidency with the involvement of NIH - Half time Highway - Interim evaluation of FP7 from different perspective - Budapest, February 24-25, 2011 Women in Science, Innovation and Technology in the Digital Age - Budapest, March 6-8, 2011 Discovery research in neuropsychiatry: depression, anxiety and schizophrenia in focus Budapest, March 18-19, 2011 Towards an open and competitive economy- Examining the roots of innovation" - JRC Conference, Budapest, April 5,

7 EU Activities -3- ICT National Research Directors Forum, Budapest, April 12, 2011 FET11 Conference Science beyond fiction - Budapest, May 4-6, 2011 Future Internet Week - Budapest, May 16-19, 2011 ICT Proposers Day Budapest, May 19-20, 2011 EuroNanoForum Budapest, May 30-June 1, 2011 WIRE2011 -Week of Innovative Regions in Europe 2011 (WIRE2011) - Debrecen, June 7-9, 2011 Promoting Excellence in Research in Europe Budapest, 20 June 2011 Training, Career and Mobility of Researchers in the Innovation Union - Budapest, June 28-29,

8 EU Activities National Representation of NIH in EU Bodies/Working Groups 22 National Contact Points (NCP) for FP7 13 National Delegates to Programme Committees of FP7 ERAC (European Research Area Committee) delegate and ERA-group delegates (High Level Group for Joint Programming (GPC); Steering Group for Human Resources and Mobility (SGHRM); Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation (SFIC); Working Group on Knowledge Transfer (KT) Delegates to working groups of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) 8.

9 EUREKA HU PRESIDENCY 1st July June 2012 PRIORITIES: FosteringSME support through EUROSTARS Cooperation with other European R&D platforms (ETP, EIT) Supporting follow-up activities of E! projects (financing innovation) Addressing grand challenges Promoting regional dimension of EUREKA International cooperation 9.

10 EUREKA EVENTS Opening event: July 2011 Budapest NPC/HLG 1: October 2011 Balatonfüred NPC/HLG 2: January 2012 Sopron NPC/HLG 3: April 2012 Debrecen NPC/HLG 4: June 2012 Budapest Ministerial Conference: June Budapest 10.

11 EUREKA HU EUREKA PARTICIPATION Running individual E! projects with Hungarian participation: 16 E! projects with Hungarian coordinators: 6 Finished projects: 74 HU EUROSTARS PARTICIPATION Running individual E! projects with Hungarian participation: 6 E! projects with hungarian coordinators:

12 Hungarian Participation in International Infrastructures CERN membership since Hungarian researchers participate in: LHC ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and TOTEM collaborations non LHC collaborations: SPS NA61/SHINE, AD ASACUSA, RD51 European XFEL membership since 2009 NATO von Karman Institute membership since 2001 ITER/Fusion for Energy upon EU/EURATOM membership NIH contributed to Hungarian non-member participation fee in the following infrastructures: ESRF (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, RU) JINR (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, FR ) 12.

13 Bilateral RTD Cooperation Bilateral S&T agreements with 34 countries Strategic partners: countries of similar size, strong economy, attractive model Eg: Singapore, Finnland, South Korea Important partners: foreign trade partners of high importance Eg: Germany, France, Japan, USA 13.

14 S&T Attaché Network Under reconsideration 14.

15 Thank you for your attention! Sándor Erdő, Vice President